Water-cooler



w. B. BARILEY AND J. c. CORB'ETT.

WATER COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. 31 I920.

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W. B. BARLEY AND J. C. COR'BETT.

WATER COOLER.

\ APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1920- 1,400,71 3. Patented Dec- 20, 1921.

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WILLIAM B. HARLEY AND JAMES U. COBBETT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YQRK, ASSIGNORS T0 FEAR/LESS DISHWASHER COMPANY, ENG, OF ROCHESTER, NEW" YURK, A COR- PORATIQN OF NEW YDRK.

WATER-COOLER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec, 2, 1921.

Application filed January 81, 1920. Serial No. 355,360.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, /VILLIAM B. BARLEY and JAMES C. Conenr'r, both citizens of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in water coolers, and it has for its chief object to afford a construction that is practical and economical to manufacture and operate, and is also sanitary to the greatest possible degree.

in a more particular aspect, the invention is intended to provide a conductor for the water to be cooled, the form of which is such as to permit of its being readily manufactured and assembled, and also to present a maximum cooling surface to the water traveling therethrough so as to have a maxi mum amount of cooled water available at all times.

in additional purpose of the invention is to utilize the Waste cooled water by an arran 'crnent that permits or feeding such waste water to the cooling compartment, where it assists in cooling the incoming water within the conductor.

The invention also consists in certain other improved features, all of which will a 38211 from the following description, in

I conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the novel characteristics being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View illus trating a cooler embodying a preferred arrangement of the invention;

Big, 2 is a bottom plan view of the top section of the conductor;

Fig, 3 is a top plan view of the top section of the conductor, and

Fig. l is a plan view of the bottom section of the conductor.

The particular construction new to be described is merely exemplary of possible arrangements by which th features of the invention can be adopted, and in no sense intended to limit the improvements to the details disclosed.

The structure shown comprises a cooling compartment A having a bottom a, all of which is arranged and supported within a casing B mounted on a base Z). c is a bottom wall located in spaced relation beneath the bottom a of the cooling compartment, and arranged between the walls a and c, and also between the compartment A and the casing B is any suitable insulating material, such for instance as charcoal, as designated by 0.

Disposed within the cooling compartment A is a conductor for the water to be cooled, such conductor being composed of a plurality of separable sections. in the arrangement shown, the conductor comprises an upper section designated generally by C, and a lower section designated generally by D. The section U is superposed and attached on the section D, said sections being conveniently cast and formed with recesses, which, when the sections are attached together, at ford an outer passage 6 and an inner passage e for the water to be cooled. The outer and inner passages e and e are in communication with each other by a connecting passage 6 as shown in Fig. 2. The upper section C is pocketed or recessed so as to afford the space 6 surrounding the inner passage 6 and located between said inner passage and the outer passage 6. The space or pocket (2 is to admit the cooling water and bring it into contact with the adjacent side walls of the inner and outer passages of the conductor.

F designates an inlet pipe leading to any source of water supply, andpreferably connected with the outer passage 6 through the opening 7", see Fig. 2, while f is an outlet pipe connecting with an opening f see 2, said opening leading to a passage f 'vvl1ich communicates with the inner passage 6. The drinking water coming in through pipe F enters the outer passage e and travels through a tortuous path, as indicated in 2. passing around the channel 6, thence through the connecting passage 6 to the inner channel 6, in which the flow of water is divided and passes around both sides of the interior wall e, see 2. Thus, the drinking water flows through the passage f and into the outlet pipe 7'.

The conductor for the drinking water is supported on feet 9, in spaced relation to the bottom a of the cooling compartment, and the cooling water is thus permitted to entirely surround the conductor for the drinking water, and also fill the recess or space between the inner and outer passages of the conductor. 7 In this manner, the drinking water, while traveling over the tortuous path referred to, is subjected to a maximum cooling action. The conductor has a central opening 6 which is surmounted by a metal shield or guardc, which'serves to collectany foreign matter or sediment from the ice or cooling water.- A block of ice can be support d -upon the upper surface of the conductor, and the water melting therefrom flows-down around the conductor through thecentralcpening and around its outer C signates a drain pipe connecting with the bottom a of the cooling compartment, and his a cut-offfor the drain pipe, while it is an overflow pipe which leads from the cooling compartment above the bottom thereof to a horizontal pipe 7A which connects with the drain pipe at a point below the cut- ]i. it" designates an outlet leading from 5 he drain pipe H. Thus, the coolingcomartment becomes illed with cooling water s the ice isinelted, until the rising water reaches the overflow pipe h. The cut-off it normally closed when the cooler is in opto draw off: the water within the cooling comment, as for instance when putting in a supply of ice. lhe conductor is prowith a discharge valve 2' preferably d above the drain pipeH, and when it ired. to draw off the water within the conuctor, to cleanse it, the valve 2' can 150 car ied back to the coolingcompartment,

l where it mixes with the cooling water, and

assists materially in cooling the incoming drinking water within the conductor. The

:imum degree all of the cooling units of the ice, and to afford a continuous maximum supply of cooled drinking water.

I isto be understood that the invention is not confined to any or all of the precise detail et forth, and is susceptible of various modifications and departures which nevertheless come within the underlying features oration, and is opened only when it is desired An opening a is provided in the at a level above said conductor a -c of this arrangement is to utilize to a medium, and one of said sections having'a recess extending from the top to'the bottom thereof and entirely surrounding the inner pas -ge and to receive the cooling medium between. the inner and outer passages. V

2. A conductor for water coolers having outer and inner communicating passa es for successively receiving the water to be cooled, and spaces surrounding the inner passage and soy rating the outer and inner passages for admitting the cooling water.

8. A conductor for water coolers having a central opening surrounded by an inner passage for the water to be cooled, the conductor o including an outer passage for the water to be cooled communicating with the inner passage, and a recess surrounding the inner and separating said pa, sages to admit the cooling water.

A water cooler comprising a cooling compartment, a conductor for the water to be cooled, said conductor being located within the compartment, a drain pipe connectwith the bottom of the cooling con1 i ant, and a discharge valve for said contor located. in proximity to said. drain and adapted to empty therein.

r water cooler com"; ising a cooling co a i rent, conductor for the water to be cooled, said conductor being located within the compwtment, means for maintaining cooling water in said. compartment water discharge, a pipe leading from said conducto the water discharge, a drain receptacle'located under the water discharge, and a pipe leading from the drain receptacle to said cooling compartment.

6. A water cooler comprising a cooling compartment, means for maintaining a predetermined level of cooling water the drain receptacle, and a pipe leading ire-in the drain receptacle to the cooling 7 partment.

In witness names.

whereof we hereunto si n our WILLIAM B. Ben-RIDE? JAMES 0. concern 

